Context Matters - The Rule of Law and Armenia’s Referendum to Remove Constitutional Court Justices
Armas-Cardona, Gabriel
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2020
Verfassungsblog
2020-02-29
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On February 9th, the Armenian parliament authorized a referendum that would allow the Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan, to remove seven of the current nine justices from the Constitutional Court. Pashinyan has called the decisions of the Court a “threat to democracy”. On its face, this seems like yet another example of a populist leader trying to use a referendum to increase his power. Examining the context of the situation in Armenia, however, paints a different picture.
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Armas-Cardona, Gabriel
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